DO NOT FUCKING GOOGLE!

Thank you - and the very best of luck to you all...

And the winner is... Zoot (11)
Runners-up - BK and Fritter (5 each)
Fourth - Capp (1.25)
Fifth= - Mere Pseud and snarfyguy (1 each)

1. Who was the only Beach Boy who was any good at surfing? Dennis Wilson - Zoot
2. What connects Turner and Newton? They are the names of the characters played by David Bowie and Mick Jagger in the Nic Roeg films The Man Who Fell To Earth and Performance - Zoot/Bonus point to Mere Pseud who pointed out they are also the names of the founding members of Clock DVA
3. How did Dusty Springfield make history on January 1st 1964? She was the first act to appear on the first Top of the Pops - Zoot. Zoot gets a bonus point for naming the presenter, Jimmy Savile
4. What connects Ambrose and Guildford? They are prefixes dropped from the names of bands who went on to be successful; Ambrose Slade and The Guildford Stranglers - Zoot
5. In the 1981 John Peel All-time Festive 50, Joy Division/New Order had four records in the top five - name them? The top five were 1. Atmosphere, 2. Anarchy in the UK, 3. Love Will Tear Us Apart, 4. Ceremony, 5. New Dawn Fades - BK/Fritter
6. What connects Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird with Laurie Anderson's O Superman? They are both over 8 minutes long, and - with Peter Gabriel's Biko - are the only UK singles of that length to chart - Fritter
7. Why was Portugal's entry in the 1974 Eurovision song contest quite literally revolutionary? Its broadcast was a signal to begin Portugal's Carnation Revolution - Zoot
8. What connects Crass and Rodgers and Hammerstein? Captain Sensible was signed to Crass Records and had a number one single with 'Happy Talk' from Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical South Pacific - Zoot
9. What were the best-selling album and single in the UK in 1968? The Sound of Music OST and Louis Armstrong's 'What A Wonderful World' - Zoot. Capp gets a bonus point for knowing that the promo film to 'Wonderful World' was filmed in Vietnam
10. What connects The Shangri-las with the New York Dolls? They were both produced by Shadow Morton - snarfyguy. New York Dolls also quoted The Shangri-la's lyric; "When I say I'm in love, you best believe I'm in love L-U-V..."
11. Name four records featured on the original cut of Scorpio Rising? A full list is below - BK/Capp
12. What connects Orange Juice and James? James were so named as their original guitarist, Paul Cuthbertson, had a crush on James Kirk from Orange Juice - Zoot
13. What is the first sound you hear on Yoko Ono's album Season of Glass? A gunshot - Zoot. Fritter gets a bonus point, mainly as I fucked up
14. What connects Talking Heads' Psycho Killer with Blondie's Sunday Girl? American Punk types singing in French - Fritter
15. What are Michael Jackson's (alleged) childrens' names? Prince Michael Jackson I, Paris Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II - BK
16. What connects David Bowie's Rebel Rebel with Alice Cooper's Elected? This was a trick question
17. What popular TV series does La Roux's mum star in? The Bill - BK
18. What connects Brian Eno's Music For Airports with Scritti Politti's The Sweetest "Girl"? Robert Wyatt plays piano on both records - Fritter
19. In James Young's Nico: Songs They Don't Play On The Radio who is described as "a flatulent druid"? John Cale - BK
20. What connects Def Leppard with The Barbarians? One-armed drummers - Zoot

1. Dennis Wilson.

1. Dennis Wilson

3. First performer on Top Of The Pops?

6. the duration

3. Is it to do with South Africa????

7. It was the signal for a military coup to begin.

19. Alan Wise

5. Oh bollocks I only read this two days ago to revive the fuvking poll!!! I can't remember any of them... I thought it was more than four. There was no Fall, I can tell you that much!

You hit the metaphorical surf first there. One point.

9. The single was Mary Hopkin's Those Were The Days. Was the album The Sound Of Music?

14, French language

12. James were named after Orange Juice's James Kirk, with whom guitarist Paul Cuthbertson was infatuated.

15. Prince? Or Prince Michael, I think? and........

She was.
Bonus point to anyone who can name the groovetastic presenter...

17. The Bill????

18 - Robert Wyatt played on both

Jimmy Savile.

10. What connects the Shangri-las with the New York Dolls?

Both performed Give Him a Great Big Kiss.


18. What connects Brian Eno's Music For Airports with Scritti Politti's The Sweetest "Girl"?

Robert Wyatt performs on both.

13. A gunshot.

Be a bit more specific and the point is yours.

13 a gunshot and a then a scream

20. One-armed drummers.

The two songs have the same duration.

It sounds a lot more romantic if you call it a revolution, but technically yes.

Blimey!! ^_^

No. I'm sure Alan is flatulent. Pretty sure he's not a druid.

Julian Cope???? Isn't he a druid?

1 point for The Sound Of Music. Nowt for the single.

19. Ken Barlow from Coronation Street.

Oui. C'est vrai. Both have sections in French.

"Hey Jude", then.

17, Damn, I should have read that article in the Guardian, but I was so taken with her amazing hair. Guess- Eastenders.

Just ignore me, then. :angry:

Oh very good. :applaud:

At last, you got one right. Well done.

He did indeed, he was plinking away on the old joanna.

Bonus point.


Apologies if you're waiting on replies. You're all doing very well, but I have to wait each time for that "flood protection" nonsense.

Perfect. Yes, that's how Yoko opened her first album after John Lennon was shot.

Yes. And both so very brave... :(